What is the difference between Manticore Ochre and Medium Yellow?

ΔE 21 (loose). Medium Yellow is a little lighter, much more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Manticore Ochre vs Medium Yellow

Manticore Ochre

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dd9d3e (estimate)

Medium Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.002
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f9a70d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 21.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Medium Yellow is a little lighter, much more saturated than Manticore Ochre.

Can I use Medium Yellow instead of Manticore Ochre?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 21). Medium Yellow is a little lighter, much more saturated than Manticore Ochre.

Can I use Manticore Ochre instead of Medium Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Manticore Ochre is a little darker, much more muted.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Manticore Ochre on the colour wheel See Medium Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Manticore Ochre

Manticore Ochre vs Yellow Ochre (70.913)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Yellow
Manticore Ochre vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Yellow
Manticore Ochre vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Medium Yellow

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Medium Yellow

Medium Yellow vs Skulker YellowTriads: midtones · ΔE 7, close · closer than Manticore Ochre
Medium Yellow vs Yellow FlameTriads: highlights · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Manticore Ochre
Medium Yellow vs Solar FlareBrights · ΔE 22, loose

All matches: Manticore Ochre equivalents · Medium Yellow equivalents